The first table below looks at the demand for the SQL DBA role in IT jobs advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL DBA in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Merseyside region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SQL Database Administrator
Rank 46 76 -
Rank change year-on-year
+30 -
Permanent jobs requiring a SQL DBA 10 6 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 2.242% 0.890% -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.315% 0.919% -
Number of salaries quoted 10 6 0
Average salary £32,528 £31,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.26% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
All Job Titles
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
432 653 451
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 96.86% 96.88% 96.78%
Number of salaries quoted 362 582 366
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
SQL DBA
North West

SQL DBA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing SQL DBA across the Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Merseyside SQL DBA Jobs Demand Trend

SQL DBA
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SQL DBA across the Merseyside region.

Merseyside SQL DBA Salary Trend

SQL DBA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL DBA across the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Merseyside SQL DBA Salary Histogram

SQL DBA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL DBA within the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Liverpool - 8 £32,528 -
Southport - 3 £30,000 -
Wirral 0 1 £40,000 +26.98%
SQL DBA
North West

SQL DBA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside region that cited SQL DBA in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with SQL DBA in their job title.

1 35 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 34 (97.14%) SQL
3 29 (82.86%) T-SQL
4 28 (80.00%) SQL Server 2008
5 25 (71.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 24 (68.57%) Disaster Recovery
6 24 (68.57%) SQL Server 2005
7 17 (48.57%) Data Modelling
7 17 (48.57%) SQL Server 2000
8 9 (25.71%) OLTP
9 6 (17.14%) Replication
9 6 (17.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (14.29%) Clustering
10 5 (14.29%) VLDB
10 5 (14.29%) SQL Server 2012
11 4 (11.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 4 (11.43%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (11.43%) Telecoms
12 3 (8.571%) Service Delivery
12 3 (8.571%) Change Management
12 3 (8.571%) Business Intelligence
12 3 (8.571%) SLA
12 3 (8.571%) Web Services
12 3 (8.571%) Database Security
13 2 (5.714%) Load Testing
13 2 (5.714%) Open Source
13 2 (5.714%) NoSQL
13 2 (5.714%) MCITP
13 2 (5.714%) Database Tuning
13 2 (5.714%) MySQL

SQL DBA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside region that cited SQL DBA in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with SQL DBA in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (8.571%) Web Services
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.857%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 28 (80.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 25 (71.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 24 (68.57%) SQL Server 2005
5 17 (48.57%) SQL Server 2000
6 9 (25.71%) OLTP
7 6 (17.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (14.29%) VLDB
8 5 (14.29%) SQL Server 2012
9 4 (11.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (11.43%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (5.714%) MySQL
10 2 (5.714%) NoSQL
11 1 (2.857%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 4 (11.43%) Telecoms
2 1 (2.857%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.14%) Replication
2 5 (14.29%) Clustering
3 2 (5.714%) Open Source
4 1 (2.857%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (68.57%) Disaster Recovery
2 17 (48.57%) Data Modelling
3 3 (8.571%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (8.571%) Service Delivery
3 3 (8.571%) Change Management
3 3 (8.571%) Database Security
4 2 (5.714%) Database Tuning
4 2 (5.714%) Security Management
4 2 (5.714%) Load Testing
5 1 (2.857%) Unit Testing
5 1 (2.857%) Time Management
5 1 (2.857%) Configuration Management
5 1 (2.857%) High Availability
5 1 (2.857%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (97.14%) SQL
2 29 (82.86%) T-SQL
3 1 (2.857%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (5.714%) MCTS
1 2 (5.714%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.571%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (2.857%) Oracle